Badhaai Do (2022) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Shardul proposed marriage as a solution to protect Suman's secret after her stalker exposed her sexuality at the police station. Since the stalker revealed that Suman was a lesbian, their families could have found out. To prevent social shame and satisfy their families' pressure about marriage, Shardul suggested they marry as strangers, creating a cover for both their true identities.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the film, Shardul's unhappiness with his limited life in Dehradun hints at his desperation to find any solution that would keep his secret safe.

• Shardul proposes marriage
• Suman
• stalker incident
• marriage of convenience
• cover relationship

The stalker had catfished Suman on a lesbian dating app and used that connection to threaten her. When Suman went to the police station to report the harassment, Shardul roughed up the aggressor. In retaliation, the stalker revealed Suman's secret to everyone at the station, exposing that she was a lesbian.

• stalker
• lesbian app
• Suman exposed
• catfishing
• threat

Rimjhim moved in because Suman began a romantic relationship with her after meeting at the medical clinic where Rimjhim worked. Since Suman and Shardul were presenting themselves as a married couple, they told everyone that Rimjhim was a cousin to explain her presence in their apartment and maintain their facade.

• Rimjhim moves in
• Suman lover
• cousin excuse
• relationship secret

During Diwali, Shardul's family repeatedly pressured the couple about why they hadn't had children. To stop the questions without revealing their separate relationships, Shardul lied and said Suman was infertile. Later, when the family trick Suman into taking a fertility test, Rimjhim's clinic provided falsified results showing Shardul was infertile, shifting the blame to him.

• infertility lie
• Diwali
• fertility test
• falsified results
• family pressure

The truth came out when Shardul's mother moved in to supervise their relationship and unexpectedly walked in on Suman and Rimjhim in an intimate moment. This exposure revealed Suman's sexuality to both families, triggering harsh reactions from Suman's mother and brother, though her father remained quiet.

Foreshadowing: The tension from Shardul's mother moving in to pressure them about children directly led to this moment of exposure.

• mother walks in
• secret revealed
• family exposure
• Suman Rimjhim caught

After Suman's sexuality was exposed and her family rejected her, Shardul faced a choice between protecting his own secret or supporting Suman. He chose to come out to his own family, urging them to accept Suman as well. While some relatives shunned him, his mother eventually accepted his truth.

Foreshadowing: Shardul's earlier decision to protect Suman by proposing marriage shows his willingness to risk his own secret for her safety.

• Shardul comes out
• family acceptance
• gay police officer
• truth revealed

Guru Narayan, a renowned openly gay criminal lawyer, entered when Shardul was assigned to patrol a Pride protest that featured a gay "wedding." The two men met during this assignment and began dating. Shardul later introduced Guru to both Suman and Rimjhim, further complicating their shared living arrangement.

• Guru Narayan
• Pride protest
• gay lawyer
• Shardul dating

Despite being free to divorce, Suman and Shardul chose to remain married because they had been approved for adoption. They decided to raise a child together as a family unit that included Rimjhim as a third parent, redefining the concept of family on their own terms rather than conforming to traditional expectations.

• stay married
• adoption
• chosen family
• Rimjhim third parent

One year later, Suman and Shardul held an adoption ceremony in their apartment with Rimjhim as a third parent. Suman's father accepted Rimjhim, stating "a mother must be present at the ceremony." Shardul's superior and his wife made an unexpected visit, but the wife's quiet intervention steadied the situation. Shardul invited Guru to sit beside him, and both couples smiled together in a rainbow-lit moment.

• adoption ceremony
• Rimjhim third parent
• Suman father accepts
• rainbow moment
• Guru

After coming out to his family, Shardul returned to work and was assigned to another Pride parade. This time, he wore a rainbow mask to publicly reveal his truth to his police colleagues, marking his transition from living in the closet to being openly gay in his professional life.

• rainbow mask
• Pride parade
• police colleagues
• public coming out

After the infertility lies were exposed and the families learned the truth about both Suman and Shardul's orientations, they suggested adoption as a way to give the couple a child. This方案 allowed them to maintain the appearance of a conventional family while accepting the reality that biological children weren't possible in their situation.

• adoption suggestion
• families accept
• non-biological child
• family solution

Rimjhim worked at a medical clinic, which became crucial when the families demanded proof of infertility. The clinic provided falsified test results showing Shardul was infertile, shifting the narrative away from Suman. This lie temporarily protected both their secrets but further entangled their web of deception.

• clinic falsified results
• Rimjhim job
• fertility deception
• medical records